E. W. Hornung

$ 2.99

Famous for his A. J. Raffles series of detective stories, E. W. Hornung wrote novels and short stories that explored scientific and medical developments, commenting on important themes of guilt, class and the unequal role of women in society. This comprehensive eBook presents Hornung’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

Description

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hornung’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the major works
* Famous works in the Raffles series are illustrated with their original artwork
* Includes the complete Raffles stories, with a special Raffles table of contents
* All 20 novels, with individual contents tables
* Includes rare novels, appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including THE ROGUE’S MARCH and THE UNBIDDEN GUEST
* Features rare short stories from various Edwardian periodicals
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the short stories you want to read
* Includes Hornung’s rare war poetry – available in no other collection
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

Please note: no known copies of ‘Trusty and Well Beloved’, the dramatisation of ‘Raffles’ and several short stories are available at the time of this collection’s publication. As soon as we are able to locate a copy of these scarce works, they will be added to the collection as a free update.

CONTENTS:

The A. J. Raffles Series

The Novels
A BRIDE FROM THE BUSH
TINY LUTTRELL
THE BOSS OF TAROOMBA
THE UNBIDDEN GUEST
IRRALIE’S BUSHRANGER
THE ROGUE’S MARCH
MY LORD DUKE
YOUNG BLOOD
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
THE BELLE OF TOORAK
PECCAVI
AT LARGE
THE SHADOW OF THE ROPE
DENIS DENT
NO HERO
MR. JUSTICE RAFFLES
THE CAMERA FIEND
FATHERS OF MEN
THE THOUSANDTH WOMAN
WITCHING HILL

The Short Story Collections
UNDER TWO SKIES
SOME PERSONS UNKNOWN
THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN
THE BLACK MASK
STINGAREE
A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
THE CRIME DOCTOR
OLD OFFENDERS AND A FEW OLD SCORES

The Short Stories
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER